I think I might have found something else new in 3.56 (I'd post it in one of the other 3.56 threads but they were all locked due to lolpiracy talk).

When you go to the second page of a user's profile card (the page with the breakdown of how many bronze/silver/gold/platinum trophies they have), in the lower right corner the total number of trophies they have is displayed. I'm 99.9% sure that this wasn't there in previous firmware revisions.

I think I might have found something else new in 3.56 (I'd post it in one of the other 3.56 threads but they were all locked due to lolpiracy talk).

When you go to the second page of a user's profile card (the page with the breakdown of how many bronze/silver/gold/platinum trophies they have), in the lower right corner the total number of trophies they have is displayed. I'm 99.9% sure that this wasn't there in previous firmware revisions.

First the hacking and now this, again? The PS3's OS is a mess. I really hope Sony can turn this around with their next console.

The thing is, the more complex a structure becomes, the more vulnerable it becomes - the more holes there are to be poked into. That's what happened with PS3 (unforced human error creates a fatal security flaw in an extremely complex program that is eventually found and exploited), and if PS4 is more complicated than that (and chances are it will be), it too will have more vulnerabilities to exploit - more holes to poke. Get it?

It's the same with 3DS and PSP2, to an extent. The more complex machines will probably get hacked more thoroughly, if not faster.

Originally Posted by BAW

On average, 16 MB models get 10% fewer fps in games than 256 MB models.

REALLY? Boy oh boy, am I glad I have a CECHA, then.

Actually, hey - could this be why I don't have any framerate problems with Bayonetta?

I'm not sure why people call this a bug. It's actual more of a side effect of Sony's newer hot patch process. The 3.56 patch is a tiny patch which simply add/changes files in the 3.55 software. This differs from most patches which download the entire firmware. Since part of the software on models with 16 MB of flash memory is stored on the hard drive, those PS3's need to reinstall the software when upgrading the drive. PS3's with 256 MB of flash memory store all the software in the flash memory so it isn't lost on a drive upgrade.

Anyway since 3.56 is a hot patch and requires 3.55 to be installed prior to updating, you can't install 3.56 on a new drive. You also could install 3.55 when upgrading if not for Sony's software version checks.

In any case it's not a bug, Sony simply wanted to get 3.56 out quickly, hence the hot patch. Once they have most of the PS3 consoles updated, they'll replace the hot patch with a full patch and it will work for drive updates.

I expect that a new 3.57 update will come out before 3.56 is fixed considering 3.56 has already been hacked.

I'm not sure why people call this a bug. It's actual more of a side effect of Sony's newer hot patch process. The 3.56 patch is a tiny patch which simply add/changes files in the 3.55 software. This differs from most patches which download the entire firmware. Since part of the software on models with 16 MB of flash memory is stored on the hard drive, those PS3's need to reinstall the software when upgrading the drive. PS3's with 256 MB of flash memory store all the software in the flash memory so it isn't lost on a drive upgrade.

Anyway since 3.56 is a hot patch and requires 3.55 to be installed prior to updating, you can't install 3.56 on a new drive. You also could install 3.55 when upgrading if not for Sony's software version checks.

In any case it's not a bug, Sony simply wanted to get 3.56 out quickly, hence the hot patch. Once they have most of the PS3 consoles updated, they'll replace the hot patch with a full patch and it will work for drive updates.

I expect that a new 3.57 update will come out before 3.56 is fixed considering 3.56 has already been hacked.

That's a good explanation and makes sense from a programmatic point of view. However, it does nothing to soothe my rage regarding the fact that I cannot install this new hard drive and my PS3, without a ton of effort, is a useless brick at the moment, as my 120gb from my slim is in my new netbook and the netbook 250gb is in the ps3. It took a lot of effort to switch and so now I'm pretty much resigned to not playing any of the new shit I bought in the last two weeks until they have the issue resolved. :(

The deepest darkest depths of his ass...... That would be ALL over the internet if true.

Those guys getting pissy over a minor bug should strap a pair on and realise in this world of massively complex hardware and complex software that minor bugs such as these should be expected and embraced. They will happen fairly often over your various equipment.

The mark of a good manufacturer is how quick they sort their issues, and this issue will be fixed and I guess fairly quickly as nothing is so certain then to say Sony will be reading these and other forums to find out what people are saying about how successful their hack fix as been.

What does the 3.56 even do, besides facilitating banning blops cheaters and (temporarily?) preventing upgrading HDDs. Did it complicate jailbreaking in any way? I'm still on an OFW, but I'm still interested in jailbreaking in the future.

What does the 3.56 even do, besides facilitating banning blops cheaters and (temporarily?) preventing upgrading HDDs. Did it complicate jailbreaking in any way? I'm still on an OFW, but I'm still interested in jailbreaking in the future.

It blocks the software-only Geohot jailbreak. There's no known way to softmod a 3.56 system at this time and there may never be.

So i can't take my 80gb HDD out and put a 500gb one in? will my 1TB external still work?

i don't understand i am illiterate when it comes to this stuff

This is true. You can't swap the internal PS3 hard drive out if you've upgraded to 3.56 until a new firmware is released -- whether that be an update to 3.56 or a new fw entirely (3.57).

If your PS3 is still working, your external drive should still show up, providing it showed up before the 3.56 update was applied (meaning that the drive is properly formatted to FAT32 and thus is recognizable by the PS3 OS).

This is true. You can't swap the internal PS3 hard drive out if you've upgraded to 3.56 until a new firmware is released -- whether that be an update to 3.56 or a new fw entirely (3.57).

If your PS3 is still working, your external drive should still show up, providing it showed up before the 3.56 update was applied (meaning that the drive is properly formatted to FAT32 and thus is recognizable by the PS3 OS).

I will try the external in a bit, this is fucking bullshit i cant put a bigger HDD in MY ps3, goddamn pirates are ruining it for everyone those bums